By Rukai.

This strategy is based on the way I build my empire up to 5000points.
I followed step by step the guide for new players the game provided.
1. Solar Plant (Level 1)
2. Metal Mine (Level 1)
3. Metal Mine (Level 2)
4. Solar Plant (Level 2)
5. Metal Mine (Level 3)
6. Metal Mine (Level 4)
7. Solar Plant (Level 3)
8. Crystal Mine (Level 1)
9. Metal Mine (Level 5)
10. Solar Plant (Level 4)
11. Crystal Mine (Level 2)
12. Crystal Mine (Level 3)
13. Solar Plant (Level 5)
14. Deuterium Synthesizer (Level 1)
15. Crystal Mine (Level 4)
16. Solar Plant (Level 6)
17. Metal Mine (Level 6)
18. Metal Mine (Level 7)
19. Solar Plant (Level 7)
20. Crystal Mine (Level 5)
21. Deut. Synth. (Level 2)
22. Solar Plant (Level 8 )
23. Deut. Synth. (Level 3)
24. Deut. Synth. (Level 4)
25. Deut. Synth. (Level 5) put it on 80% in the resource screen
26. Robotics Factory (Level 1)
27. Research Lab (Level 1)
28. Robotic Factory (Level 2)
29. Energy Tech. (Level 1)
30. Shipyard (Level 1)
31. Solar Plant (Level 9)
32. Combustion Drive (Level 1)
33. Crystal Mine (Level 6)
34. Shipyard (Level 2)
35. Deut. Synth. (Level 6) (80%)
36. Combustion Drive(Level 2)

Now build a small cargo.
You can start attacking inactive users and take their minerals.(Best to espionage them 1st to see if they have defences. 0% means no defence and you can send just your cargo ships as its safe.)

Research COLONY SHIP ASAP.(Check Technologies to see what you need to research to get to it)
Do not research anything else ,just try to get those researches and shipyard lvl4 asap.

Once you done that Build as much colony ships as possible and start to expand.

(you can build upto 21 planets.)

Once you have your 1st colony ship select it from your fleet,type the cords you want to send it to and wait till it gets there.
Once it's there you will get a planet and you will start to build it up exactly as u did with your 1st planet.In the meantime keep building up your main base basically with mines and synth (dont forget energy).

When your shipyard in your second planet is up build 1 or 2 small cargo ship as you will need them to send extra materials you have on that planet to your mother planet (the 1st planet u had).You will need a lot of materials to research technologies.

If your Cargo ships are not transfering mats from one planet to another send them to ATTACK other planets(the ones that are inactive).
Remember only send your cargo ships to inactive users at this stage.You will know if the user is inactive by looking at the galaxy and they have an ( i ) after their name.It means they have NO PROTECTION cause they where inactive for 7 days or more.If you dont have espionage researched ask a fellow member who has it to spy that planet for you.If he has defences they will destroy your cargo ships.

If you have extra minerals check Technologies again and see what you need to get to Fusion reactor building and start to research accordingly.
Fusion reactors are much more cost efficient than solar plants.

If you are active dont worry much about defences as you are burning your minerals and there is no chance someone might attack you and take you supplies.
REMEMBER...Buildings cannot be destroyed.
Remember only players with 5 times higher or lower than your points can attack you until you are 10000points,and so can you.

GL building your base fast and remember the more mines/synth the more resourses to build and grow fast.

Good luck hope this helps a little. For more strategy see our alliance forum under strategy submenu, you are also welcome to share your strategy